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sixturners

Anyone have experience obtaining a signed item by the crew of STS-135? Will they sign a cover that is sent to them individually?

I would really like to add an STS-135 crew signed cover to my collection. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Hart Sastrowardoyo

In-person, they were great, got all four on a photo. May be harder now, requiring four sendouts.

mjanovec

I would not recommend sending anything to them individually in order to construct a crew-signed piece. Not all of the crew members are responsive about signing through the mail (particularly Hurley), so you risk losing your piece or getting a dreaded autopen.

In fact, most shuttle crews over the past decade contained at least one or two tough signers.

Mike Dixon

quote:Originally posted by mjanovec:Not all of the crew members are responsive about signing through the mail (particularly Hurley), so you risk losing your piece or getting a dreaded autopen.

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eurospace

You are far too late, my friend. This worked right before the launch, and shortly thereafter, but now that the crew is disbanded you'll have a hard time assembling a crew signed cover.

Ferguson, Walheim and Magnus are fair signers (even though we'll have yet to find about Magnus in her new position), but Hurley won't sign. He did sign with the crew while the crew was still together, but never out of this context.

There are, however, crew signed covers on the market. Talk to me off-line if you want to hear more. — Jürgen

Space Geek FL

I would like to offer a different opinion, I sent a photo to JSC taken of the crew and myself at KSC and was able to get it signed by both Doug Hurley and Rex Walheim in December. I hope to someday get Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson to complete the photo. I don't think I would send anything you are afraid to loose but I would take the chance.

MrSpace86

I was fortunate enough to receive crew signed items from STS-135 before and shortly after launch. However, with my requests, I always asked if it were possible to have each individual astronaut portrait signed but never received them. They signed a photo I sent and then eventually an official NASA crew photo.

Hart Sastrowardoyo

quote:Originally posted by eurospace:Ferguson, Walheim and Magnus are fair signers (even though we'll have yet to find about Magnus in her new position)...

Magnus signed at an AIAA event in Washington, DC earlier this month.

Shuttle Endeavour

Has anyone tried sending autographs to Sandy Magnus after STS-135 and after she retired from NASA?

Editor's note: Threads merged.

eurospace

Yes, but without a reply thus far.

JBoe

I too tried to reach out to Dr. Magnus and no reply as of yet (maybe too early ). I hope to catch her at the National Air and Space Museum lecture in March.

Hart Sastrowardoyo

If you're talking about NASM as in downtown DC (as opposed to Udvar-Hazy), secondhand experience has been that it's hit or miss whether or not astronauts will sign... most often it's a miss, unless they have a scheduled signing, as with Mark Kelly's book.

I was referring to the Udvar-Hazy opportunity in March. I hope that the elusive Magnus autograph will be obtained there since it's almost been 18 months without a reply via USPS and almost a month via other means.

Robert Pearlman

quote:Originally posted by JBoe:I hope that the elusive Magnus autograph will be obtained there...

The museum has announced that Magnus and the other panelists will be signing copies of "Space Shuttle Legacy: How We Did It and What We Learned" by Roger Launius, but "will not be signing any other items."